Letter: Cut all agencies' budgets by 40% to tackle debt

2:38 PM,
Nov. 29, 2012

Written by

Harry Johnston
Palm Bay

Unfortunately, this great country has already gone over the fiscal cliff. When the country is more than $16 trillion in debt, we are in serious trouble.

The politicians are very poor at math. We are spending $1.3 trillion a year more than we collect in taxes. We will be saved if we cut $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years. In the next 10 years, we will add $11.5 trillion to the national debt. In 10 years, we will be about $28 trillion in debt.

I'm old and will probably be dead in the next 10 years, so why should I care. The young people will be suffering and ...